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Learning about the Letter Name Subset of the Vocabulary: Evidence from US and Brazilian Preschoolers
Direct linkTreiman, Rebecca; Kessler, Brett; Pollo, Tatiana Cury – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
To examine the factors that affect the learning of letter names, an important foundation for literacy, we asked 318 US and 369 Brazilian preschoolers to identify each uppercase letter. Similarity of letter shape was the major determinant of confusion errors in both countries, and children were especially likely to interchange letters that were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Identification, Alphabets, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTreiman, Rebecca; Richmond-Welty, E. Daylene; Tincoff, Ruth – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Argues that an important type of child knowledge about letters is knowledge of the phonological structure of the letters' names in English. Concludes that learning the alphabet forms the basis for generalizations about the structure of letter names. (22 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Error Analysis (Language), Letters (Alphabet)
